Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Using technology in class or having a "back up plan"

I have composed a lesson https://docs.google.com/document/d/13IccjtoVd0u39cwPk6x6S03vpA56bnkHUBvv0Nfv6Sc/edit?hl=en&forcehl=1

A year ago I took a seminar in the local college for teacher's education and we were given quite a lot of ideas of teaching English online, literature in particular. Those who are interested in Israeli national program for 4 and 5 points of Matriculation, can visit this page http://tlc.cet.ac.il/
The idea of teaching literature online is brilliant, but sometimes it is a bit difficult to make it real since our school still lacks video projectors and we have only one computer room. I have taught only one piece of literature with the help of my own laptop and the school projector - it was "The Road Not Taken", see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCkjisxk9Z4. I told about this experience about 2 weeks ago.

We have almost finished "The Road" and I am planning to teach "Thank You, M'am" by Langston Hughes. I really hope to use the projector but I am afraid it might be unavailable because all the teachers use it. So I might have to have a "back up plan" and read the text myself, due to poor reading abilities of my students and lack of concentration.
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2 comments:

  1. CL3TSNovember 2, 2013 at 8:10 PM

    Hi Julia,
    Nice to see you again on this blog. Thanks for your comments on my blog. Julia, I am really surprised to what you have done along your academic "Road". You took the seminar and implemented what you got from that in your classroom. Implementing technologies in teaching is really interesting. It decorates our various movements of our legs and hands in serving our students. Really it is a good deed to do, because it leads people to get the betterment. Thanks. Good luck.
    Best,
    Rudi Hartono

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  2. Maida HNovember 3, 2013 at 2:19 PM

    Hi Julia,
    I really admire your work in our webskills course so far. Teaching literature online sounds quite challenging, and I'd love to give it a try, as well. I teach in a school where we only have one projector available, and I know how important it is to have a backup plan. One always has to be resourceful and think of overcoming obstacles in every possible way. Having to know you through the posts in Nicenet and here in your blog, I'm sure you are going to make it work.
    Best,
    Maida

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